Evaluation of biotope's importance for biotic resource protection by the Bonner Approach

Gastauer, Markus; Trein, Linda; Meira‐Neto, João Augusto Alves; Schumacher, Wolfgang

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.06.014

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“…However, such a framework has been rarely applied when studying the restoration of degraded ecosystems (Ren et al, 2008 ; Singh et al, 2012 ). We might, therefore, better understand the effects of nurse plants on the restoration of ecosystems by considering the features of beneficiary species beneath nurse plants with different life forms, their relationships at different ages of abandonment since the cessation of mining and at different spatial scales (Gastauer et al, 2013 ; Perring et al, 2015 ). The availability of restored sites at different ages of abandonment and different spatial scales will enable a field observation of chronosequence changes in vegetation regarding effects of plant–plant interactions for land restoration (Cadotte, 2013 ; Clark et al, 2012 ; Navarro‐Cano et al, 2014 ; Prach & Tolvanen., 2016 ).…”

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Plant–plant interactions determine natural restoration of plant biodiversity over time, in a degraded mined land

Bashirzadeh

Shefferson

Farzam

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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Restoration of degraded environments is essential to mitigate adverse impacts of human activities on ecosystems. Plant–plant interactions may provide effective means for restoring degraded arid lands, but little is understood about these impacts. In this regard, we analyzed the effects of two dominant nurse plants (i.e., Artemisia sieberi and Stipa arabica ) on taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity across different ages of land abandonment (i.e., control, recent, and old ages) in a limestone mine site in Iran. In addition, we considered two spatial scales: i) the plot scale (i.e., under 1m2 plots) and ii) the vegetation‐patch scale (i.e., under the canopies of nurse plants), to assess nurse plant effects, land abandonment ages, and their relative importance on biodiversity facets by performing Kruskal–Wallis H test and variation partitioning analysis. Our results indicated an increase in taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity at the plot scale, when considering the presence of nurse plants under old ages of land abandonment. Such significant differences were consistent with the positive effects of Artemisia patches on taxonomic diversity and Stipa patches on functional and phylogenetic diversity. In addition, we found a larger contribution from nurse plants than land abandonment age on biodiversity variation at both spatial scales studied. Therefore, these results indicate the importance of plant–plant interactions in restoring vegetation, with their effects on the presence of beneficiary species and their functional and phylogenetic relatedness depending on the nurse life forms under the stress‐gradient hypothesis.

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Plant–plant interactions determine natural restoration of plant biodiversity over time, in a degraded mined land

Bashirzadeh

Shefferson

Farzam

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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“…Although the analysis of multiple environmental variables during the monitoring procedure may produce detailed feedback in practice (Lechner et al, 2018), different variables may yield different estimates of rehabilitation progress (Ruiz-Jaen & Aide, 2005), making interpretations difficult and wordy. Thus, the integration of multiple indicators into a unique index of rehabilitation status may facilitate the evaluation of monitored areas (Gastauer, Trein, Meira-Neto, & Schumacher, 2013). Such integration is not an easy task, requiring multivariate approaches able to deal with collinearity among variables (Rosenfield & Müller, 2017).…”

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Active rehabilitation of Amazonian sand mines converges soils, plant communities and environmental status to their predisturbance levels

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The continuous monitoring of mineland rehabilitation is paramount for identifying deviations from desired trajectories and providing assessments for environmental agencies. In this study, we analyzed soil texture and chemical properties, vegetation development and soil respiration along rehabilitation chronosequences including nonrehabilitated areas, areas at different rehabilitation stages and reference sites covered by native forests in three sand mines in the Carajás National Forest, eastern Amazonia, Brazil, to estimate their rehabilitation status. For nine environmental variables related to ecological processes, vegetation structure, and community diversity, we computed response ratios in relation to predisturbance levels found in native reference sites and integrated them into an index of rehabilitation status using a multivariate approach. Our analyses showed that the soil chemical properties and tree community composition of the rehabilitated minelands converged over time to those of native ecosystems. All environmental indicators and the overall rehabilitation status increased with rehabilitation time, indicating that rehabilitation interventions set the rehabilitation trajectory on a desired path. Although most indicators did not achieve predisturbance levels, we conclude that rehabilitation activities can effectively reduce the environmental impacts of sand extraction in Amazonia over short time periods, thereby contributing to the recovery of ecosystem services and the protection of biodiversity.

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“…et al 2016). This valuation approach has formed the basis of many studies that have applied scoring techniques (Usher 1994;Gastauer et al 2013;Capmourteres and Anand 2016;IUCN 2016), and we used it to develop our framework of reasonable and operational measures to assess the nature conservation value of forest conservation objects.…”

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Suitability of contract-based nature conservation in privately-owned forests in Germany

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Walentowski³

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The successful implementation of contract-based nature conservation in privately-owned forests requires a framework of reasonable operational measures. Our study aimed at developing such a framework by; 1) defining forest conservation objects including structures, processes, and habitat types, 2) assessing their conservation value based on the need for, and worthiness of, protection, 3) reviewing the suitability of contract-based measures for conservation. Overall, we defined 67 conservation objects, with 8 of them used as case studies: deadwood, habitat trees, natural succession after large-scale disturbance, coppice-with-standards, bog and fen woodlands, dry sand pine forests, and beech forests. We considered contract-based conservation suitable if, within the contract period, outcomes of measures resulted in ecological upgrading or avoidance of value loss. We identified contract-based conservation suitable for 42 combinations of objects and measures. Our approach of assessing the potential of contract-based measures for forest conservation is novel with regards to its broad range of objects, defined criteria, and various contract periods. It can help to progress conservation and improve outcomes of measures, especially in privately-owned forests in Germany. Further prerequisites are sufficient financial resources, effective administration, consultancy and the mid- to long-term stability of funding programmes.

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Evaluation of biotope's importance for biotic resource protection by the Bonner Approach

Cited by 12 publications

References 23 publications

Plant–plant interactions determine natural restoration of plant biodiversity over time, in a degraded mined land

Plant–plant interactions determine natural restoration of plant biodiversity over time, in a degraded mined land

Active rehabilitation of Amazonian sand mines converges soils, plant communities and environmental status to their predisturbance levels

Suitability of contract-based nature conservation in privately-owned forests in Germany

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